Merge branch 'jc/maint-mergetool-read-fix' into maint

diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index edacf6b9375580f98a534a427a384972013189c0..3d51717bbe84d0201b1c7a38943b2e99643bd89f 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-status - Show the working tree status
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
+[verse]
 'git status' [<options>...] [--] [<pathspec>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -69,6 +70,9 @@ configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
        (and suppresses the output of submodule summaries when the config option
        `status.submodulesummary` is set).
 
+--ignored::
+       Show ignored files as well.
+
 -z::
        Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF.  This implies
        the `--porcelain` output format if no other format is given.
@@ -94,12 +98,12 @@ In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as
 
        XY PATH1 -> PATH2
 
-where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the ` -> PATH2` part is
+where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the ` \-> PATH2` part is
 shown only when `PATH1` corresponds to a different path in the
 index/worktree (i.e. the file is renamed). The 'XY' is a two-letter
 status code.
 
-The fields (including the `->`) are separated from each other by a
+The fields (including the `\->`) are separated from each other by a
 single space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable
 characters, that field will be quoted in the manner of a C string
 literal: surrounded by ASCII double quote (34) characters, and with
@@ -119,7 +123,8 @@ codes can be interpreted as follows:
 * 'C' = copied
 * 'U' = updated but unmerged
 
-Ignored files are not listed.
+Ignored files are not listed, unless `--ignored` option is in effect,
+in which case `XY` are `!!`.
 
     X          Y     Meaning
     -------------------------------------------------
@@ -142,6 +147,7 @@ Ignored files are not listed.
     U           U    unmerged, both modified
     -------------------------------------------------
     ?           ?    untracked
+    !           !    ignored
     -------------------------------------------------
 
 If -b is used the short-format status is preceded by a line
@@ -165,8 +171,8 @@ format, with a few exceptions:
 
 There is also an alternate -z format recommended for machine parsing. In
 that format, the status field is the same, but some other things
-change.  First, the '->' is omitted from rename entries and the field
-order is reversed (e.g 'from -> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL
+change.  First, the '\->' is omitted from rename entries and the field
+order is reversed (e.g 'from \-> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL
 (ASCII 0) follows each filename, replacing space as a field separator
 and the terminating newline (but a space still separates the status
 field from the first filename).  Third, filenames containing special